11-09-2022, 12:49 AM
(11-08-2022, 02:26 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: To be fair, would you have predicted that cost for a Gobert trade before it happened?
Honestly, I think of everything we speculate about around here, trade value has to be one of the least accurate categories. It's not our fault, we just aren't on the inside.
No I wouldn't have ever predicted that Gobert would've fetched a package that he did.
You're right in that we have at best a small narrow view of what is actually going on, and many trades are done for several reasons.
BUT, there also has to be a team that would be willing to part with that many assets. There are very few that can cough up 6 picks just like that (OKC being the lone outlier).
To think that both KAT and Edwards could go for a package like Gobert to me is just a fantasy. Together? Sure. But I think the Gobert trade was a hallmark moment that sobered up the league in mortgaging their future so willingly.
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